The MyLink Master thread

RS Turbo

RS Turbo

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bearda said:
My wife dropped the car off at the dealer yesterday and they seem... confused. They have a case in the Chevy technical support and got the version numbers for all the software on the car, but they're waiting to hear back to see what they should do. I'm not getting warm fuzzies from them so far. From what I can tell the car sat at the dealer all day for no go reason, and once they find someone with a clue it has to go back.

The phone isn't going to sleep when it disconnects. It shouldn't matter (the bluetooth link in both my other cars stays active fine even if the phone is in my pocket), but we've seen cases now where she's actively using the phone in the passenger seat when it cuts out. The phone is usually screen off the whole time, or screen on the whole time, and there doesn't seem to be a correlation between that changing the the phone deciding to disconnect.

Her phone has the latest iOS system update. 6.1.2 as of yesterday. It works find with the other cars, though, so I'm fairly confident it's not an issue with the phone itself.
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Does the phone have a battery saving /extending software loaded in it?

Iphones should to be tethered for Music and bluetooth for phone operation.
 
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dn7309

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RS Turbo said:
This is a Nexus 4 thing. If I remember correctly the Nexus uses a charging voltage is in a different range than the port. I will try to look into this deeper on Monday for you.
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Thanks, let me know what you find. Anyone, you think is this something that can be fix via firmware update? considering MyLink is still a pretty new tech option.
 
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bearda

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RS Turbo said:
Does the phone have a battery saving /extending software loaded in it?

Iphones should to be tethered for Music and bluetooth for phone operation.
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No special software loaded on the phone. It's a stock non-Jailbroken iPhone 4S with the latest iOS update. She's not trying to play audio from the phone, just do hands free calling via Bluetooth. Right now she can't get the car to stay connected long enough to do that reliably.
 
Isambard

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As mentioned above, the Nexus 4 (I have one too) takes 1.2A, whereas it's my understanding that most USB ports and most mainstream phones (even iPhone 5) use 1A. Unfortunately, Android 4.2.2 doesn't use Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3+ even though earlier versions do, which means you don't get track info on the MyLink screen. Talk about cutting edge :rolleyes:

Gotta wait for Key Lime Pie I imagine.
 
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dn7309

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Isambard said:
As mentioned above, the Nexus 4 (I have one too) takes 1.2A, whereas it's my understanding that most USB ports and most mainstream phones (even iPhone 5) use 1A. Unfortunately, Android 4.2.2 doesn't use Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3+ even though earlier versions do, which means you don't get track info on the MyLink screen. Talk about cutting edge :rolleyes:

Gotta wait for Key Lime Pie I imagine.
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So this means Nexus 4 owners are SOL?
 
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bearda

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Isambard said:
As mentioned above, the Nexus 4 (I have one too) takes 1.2A, whereas it's my understanding that most USB ports and most mainstream phones (even iPhone 5) use 1A. Unfortunately, Android 4.2.2 doesn't use Bluetooth AVRCP 1.3+ even though earlier versions do, which means you don't get track info on the MyLink screen. Talk about cutting edge :rolleyes:

Gotta wait for Key Lime Pie I imagine.
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Current isn't the reason the Nexus 4 doesn't charge. You can plug a Nexus 4 into a standard PC USB port and it will charge with 500 mA of current. It'll be slow, but it will do it. When you plug a Nexus 4 into the Sonic it doesn't do anything. I can plug my Nexus 4 into a 1A cigarette lighter adapter in my car and it'll work fine. It seems like the pulldowns on the D- and the D+ pins in the MyLink system don't agree with the Nexus 4 for some reason.
 
Isambard

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Good point. When I plug in to the Sonic's USB port, it does display that the battery is "charging" but it does nothing. Does yours do the same?
 
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bearda

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Macehammer said:
Strange. I search for it and found no bringgo us & can
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Same here. I can see it for Brazil, Korea, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, and AU/NZ but not USA. My wife should be getting the MyLink update that enables BringGo on the car side (and hopefully fixes her ongoing Bluetooth issues), so I'm hoping to try it soon.
 
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bearda

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Chevrolet Customer Servic said:
Keep us updated if you any issues with MyLink and have it at the dealer. I hope all is going well. Regards.

Matt,

GM Customer Assistance (Assisting Vanessa)
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I'm told they're updating the software today and that it should resolve the issue. If it doesn't I'll definitely let you know, because past that the dealer doesn't seem to have any idea what to do.
 
Macehammer

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Just bought it. Bring up search in the App Store for Bringgo. You'll get all of the other countries.

Scroll down to developer info. In the list of other apps created by Engis, you'll find the US and Canada version.
 
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